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The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Iconic Ultramarathon, and the Case for Human Endurance

By Ed Ayres
Narrated by: Richard Waterhouse
Unabridged — 8 hours, 5 minutes
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By Ed Ayres
Narrated by: Richard Waterhouse
Unabridged — 8 hours, 5 minutes

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First and foremost a book about running, The Longest Race takes listeners alongside ultramarathoner Ed Ayres as he prepares for, runs, and finishes the JFK fifty-mile race at a then record-breaking time for his age division-sixty and older. But for Ayres, this race was about more than just running, and the book also encompasses his musings and epiphanies along the way about possibilities for human achievement and the creation of a sustainable civilization.

Looking back over a lifetime of mo...